Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The famine was severe in the land.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the famine was sore in the land.
Holman Bible
Now the famine in the land was severe.
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.
A Conservative Version
And the famine was severe in the land.
American Standard Version
And the famine was sore in the land.
Amplified
Now the famine was very severe in the land [of Canaan].
Bible in Basic English
Now the land was in bitter need of food.
Darby Translation
And the famine was grievous in the land.
Julia Smith Translation
And the famine was heavy upon the earth.
King James 2000
And the famine was severe in the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the famine in the land [was] severe.
Modern King James verseion
And the famine was severe in the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the dearth waxed sore in the land.
NET Bible
Now the famine was severe in the land.
The Emphasized Bible
But the famine, was severe in the land.
Webster
And the famine was severe in the land.
World English Bible
The famine was severe in the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the famine is severe in the land;
Themes
jacob » Sends to egypt to buy corn (grain)
Judah » Son of jacob » Goes down into egypt for corn (grain)
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 43:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph's Brothers Return To Egypt
1 The famine was severe in the land. 2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 12:10
There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Genesis 18:13
The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'
Genesis 41:54-57
The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 42:5
The children of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
Acts 7:11-13
Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.